
Based off the original Merchant RPG, a new Idle RPG space exploration experience!
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"Thank you for trying Space Merchant in Early Access! The game currently is in a demo state while we add new features. We may also reset saves with our updates." is what you'll see upon first loading the game. Not sure why that's not at all reflected on the game page itself, but an idler with potential save deletions, nevermind one being viewed as a demo by its developer, has very niche appeal. While I'm glad it's mentioned SOMEWHERE, it's still wasting the time of a lot of us by not making the information more readily visible. Add in that it's a clear mobile port by its phone-shaped window, and that the game is unstable enough that it crashed in the loading menu, and that most of the reviews to date are negative, and I'm finding it impossible to muster up the energy to try this "demo" for long enough to actually assess any potential merits. Maybe I'll give it a more fair go after the game leaves its Early Access stage- though I suppose it'd have to first properly enter that stage for us to be able to (without undue effort) recognize that it has left it.
Terrible mobile game with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mobile game mechanics. Looks like it is a setup for predatory microtransactions. There's nothing exciting to this game, and you very quickly burn out of resources. It's very typical of wait to play mobile trash.
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This game sucks ass!!! Gross looking port from mobile, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ UI! Small or even any content! and plus It says this is an early access in-game, if this is a early access PUT IT ON THE STORE PAGE! And our saves can be deleted with every update, this is an IDLE game if my progress will be deleted every update why should I even play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game!
TL;DR: good time-killer, but the mobile version is less predatory. Will update if DLC are purchased. Alright, here's the deal: I'm one of the mobile users who, during beta, asked for this to be on Steam; when I did that, I was expecting more effort to be put into making this game good on Steam, since it'd allow for story expansion and universe exploration than mobiles could, but the game is literally a direct transport with not-insignificant features locked behind paywalls far too costly for what they're worth. The first actual fighter ship is locked behind a pay wall but is necessary for most of the late-stage missions in the first area, except its research, which is part of the paywall, can't even be discovered until a warp ticket is used. The game has too many barriers and too little reward for the cost of the DLC. If they were $2 each and had a discount bundle, I could recommend this on PC, but if you're interested in this in the long haul, go for the mobile version - last I checked, the ships weren't pay-to-play there. I've played the three Merchant games on mobile, and beta-joined two because I enjoyed the first so much; they're all good time-killers, but it seems Retora relied on more aggressive "pay me" tactics for Steam and that's why this game is rated so low.
why the ♥♥♥♥ has this game merchant in the name??? u send ships on a mission and get loot and after that u sell the loot that not a merchant its a mercenary ffs i mean it looked good i had it in my wishlist for a while expecting a trading game well its not that bad of a game but has absolutely nothing to do with merchants sadly
I have 300+ hrs on Merchant RPG and this is nothing like it. btw. why on earth there are only females to choose from for a crew? Complete garbage.
This game may be for you, but it is simply not for me. I got bored with this game really fast as there seems to be no challenge. Do missions, upgrade ship and yard and that's it. Review at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBwdvQp5gE
Another typical idle 'lets farm your active attention' game. Ignore (Steam should have ban abilities to get rid of this ****, but no it's a money farm for them.)
The interface is just un-fun. Merchant had a really slick interface and it was fun to grind, this game feels like work- I dont know what I would change, but they need a massive UI overhaul imho
Nice Game! Very enjoyable gameplay. Nice space atmosphere. I had a good time!
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